# toothed

Pronunciation: say "TOOTHT" /tuːθt/

## Adjective

1. Having teeth, especially as a natural feature of an animal's mouth.
   - Simple: Having teeth, the hard white parts in the mouth used for biting and chewing.
   - _Sharks are famously toothed, with rows of replacements waiting behind the front set._
   - _The newly described reptile was strongly toothed along the entire jaw margin._
2. Having projections that resemble the teeth of an animal.
   - Simple: Having points or edges that stick out like an animal's teeth.
   - _The toothed edge of the saw cut cleanly through the plank._
   - _Each fern frond was finely toothed where the leaflets met the stem._
3. Having teeth of the type indicated by a preceding descriptive word.
   - Simple: Having teeth of a certain kind, named by the word joined in front.
   - _The gear was finely toothed to mesh smoothly with its partner._
   - _The sharp-toothed predator could tear through hide in seconds._

## Verb

4. Simple past and past participle of tooth. — simple past and past participle of tooth
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of tooth. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The machinist toothed the replacement gear to match the original._
   - _Craftsmen toothed the edges of the comb with great care._

## Origin

Formed from "tooth" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/toothed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).